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Position:Home>Performing Arts> Classical music suggestions?Question: Classical music suggestions!? I recently got the song 'Claire de Lune' by Debussy because it was on the Twilight soundtrack!. Much to my surprise, I've found that I LOVE it!. It relaxes me and is so beautiful!. Same with 'Bella's Lullaby' (I don't know if you've heard it, but it's absolutely lovely!)
What are some of your favorite classical pieces!? I would like to listen to more classical piano pieces similar to 'Claire de Lune' or just some really good ones!. Thank you! :] Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: First of all, Bella's Lullaby isn't classical!. Just to clear that up with you!. I'm glad that you're getting into classical music!. But there is so much classical music, and suggesting something to your taste is going to be hard!. Especially since there is only one piece you like!. A little warning, you can't equate classical music with relaxing!. Not all the time!. Try listening to the music a little more to enjoy it more!. Classical music is divided by the time era!. Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, etc!. And the styles are so different!. I'll suggest a few of my favorites, and then you can check them out on youtube!. (I love youtube!.) But first I'll give you a little background information on classical music!. You have so many different types of pieces!. Symphonies, concertos, fugues, canons, etc!. Symphonies and concertos can fall under a broader term called a sonata!. They are divided into movements!. A typical symphony can last about half an hour, but I've heard symphonies where just the first movement lasts half and hour!. A symphony usually has four movements, a fast-paced first movement, a slow andante second, a "dance-like" style for the third, and a grand, quicker paced on the last!. Like I said, they usually have four movements, but there can be more or less!. A concerto is pretty much built the same way, except it highlights a certain instrument, a solo!. A fugue and canon are very similar too!. A canon is when you have the melody playing in rounds!. Sort of like when you sing "Row, row, row your boat" in a round!. A fugue is like that, except it has some variations!. The beginning part is known as the exposition, and the melody is played!. Then the same melody enters, except it is either played a fifth above or a fourth below, then another time but with an octave difference!. You get the idea that is very complex!. One more thing to throw at you, is counterpoint!. This is when two melodies are played together in harmony!. Very difficult to write!. Bach was the king of counterpoint!. And finally I get to suggesting the music!. I hope enjoy them as much as I do!. Symphony No!. 41 "Jupiter" - Mozart Symphony in Three Movements - Stravinsky Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach Canon in D Major - Pachelbel Air on the G String - Bach Symphony No!. 40 - Mozart The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky Preludium in E - Bach Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor - Bach Piano Concerto #3 - Rachmaninoff Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky-Korssakoff Rondo in D Major of Flute and Orchestra - Mozart Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra - Mozart Serenade for Strings - Tchaikovsky The Four Seasons - Vivaldi The Unfinished Symphony - Schubert Symphony No!.4 "The Italian" 1st mvt!. - Mendelssohn Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart Symphony No!.8 - Shostakovich Symphony No!.25 - Mozart Overture to Le Nozze Di Figaro - Mozart Sleeper's Awake - Bach Overture to Die Zauberflote - Mozart Symphony No!.5 - Mahler And now for a little taste of opera to whet your appetite!. Just a few arias and duets you might want to look into!. Via Resti Servita from Le Nozze Di Figaro - Mozart http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=7KbgweJHo!.!.!. Non Piu Andrai from Le Nozze Di Figaro - Mozart http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=LsmvqPOB3!.!.!. Le Veau D'Or from Faust - Gounod http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=GMBq4QDPh!.!.!. Sull'Aria from Le Nozze - Mozart http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=PmlCpOoja!.!.!. Sola Sola in Buio Loco from Don Giovanni - Mozart http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=PaUSkXQZZ!.!.!. Enjoy!Www@QuestionHome@Com Beethoven Moonlight Sonata So elegant and sadly beautiful!. Beethoven Fur Elise Chopin Nocturne There are soooo very many beauties! Just go to you tube and listen to some classical masterpieces and see who you like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Definatly Mozarts- Piano Sonata No!.11, is one of my favourites, it really relax's me!. 'Gabriels Oboe' from the Movie 'The Mission' is another great piece!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Anything by Chopin and Ludovico Einaudi are my suggestions!Www@QuestionHome@Com |